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Ministry of Communications
Seminar on “Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Telecom, Broadcasting and Cyber Sectors – Issues, Approach and Way Forward” at Pune on 19th November, 2022.
The Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal  has been established by the Central Government under Section 14 of the TRAI Act, 1997  by way of notification in the year 2000 to adjudicate disputes in Telecom Sector involving licensor, licensee and group of consumers.
In the year 2004, the jurisdiction of TDAT was extended to include Broadcasting matters. By way of Finance Act, 2017, the jurisdiction of TDSAT was further extended to Airport Tariff and Cyber matters. The TDSAT has also been assigned appellate jurisdiction over Aadhaar matters under S-33C of the “Aadhaar  Act, 2016
The TDSAT exercises Original as well as Appellate jurisdiction over Telecom and Broadcasting matters. Major issues before TDSAT in Telecom Sector include licensing disputes, allocation of spectrum, CAF, AGR, interconnection, quality of service etc. The disputes in Broadcasting Sector include provision of signals, bouquet of channels and its pricing, recovery of subscription charges, STBs, disconnection/ refusal of signals etc.
The Tribunal exercises Appellate jurisdiction over Cyber matters under S-48 of the IT Act, 2000. The Original jurisdiction under the Act lies with the Adjudicating Officers appointed by the Central Government. The said Adjudicating Officer exercises jurisdiction to adjudicate matters where the claim for injury or damages is upto Rs.5.0 Crores. The TDSAT exercises Appellate jurisdiction over orders of the Adjudicating Officer.
Since its inception, TDSAT has been organising seminars in different parts of the country to deliberate upon relevant and emerging issues concerning the said sectors and also to generate awareness about dispute resolution mechanism and remedies under the TRAI Act. The forthcoming Seminar of TDSAT at Pune on 19th November, 2022 would be on “Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Telecom, Broadcasting and Cyber Sectors – Issues, Approach and Way Forward”. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka, Judge, Supreme Court of India will be the Chief Guest while Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Dutta, Chief Justice, Bombay High Court will be the Guest of Honour. These dignitaries shall address the august gathering comprising of Hon’ble Judges, Lawyers, service providers of Telecom and Broadcasting services, officers of the Government, Media persons, Law students etc. Before address by the said dignitaries, Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.N. Patel, Chairperson, TDSAT shall deliver the welcome address.
During the Business Session, presentations will be delivered by Shri Aseem Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary, Information and Technology & Adjudicating Officer, Govt. of Maharashtra, Ms. Sampat Meena, Joint Director, CBI, Mr. Meet Malhotra, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Kunal Tandon and Mr. Vibhav Srivastava, Advocates on topics relating to Cyber Frauds, Disputes relating to Telecom and Broadcasting sectors and regulatory adjudication etc.
Ministry of External Affairs
Central Excise & Customs Press release
In the early hours of 3.10.2020, based on specific intelligence that certain foreign origin gold bars without proper documentation are being clandestinely moved from Hyderabad to Mumbai and Jaipur via Indigo flight, officers of Hyderabad Customs conducted a thorough verification of suspected consignments as per the law at Domestic cargo premises, Air Cargo Complex, Shamshabad.
The verification revealed that the consignments carried various ornaments of gold, gold bars of foreign origin and cut pieces of 999 purity, loose diamonds, precious and semi-precious stones, stainless steel watches, platinum tops and antique coins without proper documentation. The entire consignments were seized under the provisions of Customs Act 1962 and CGST Act 2017. The total weight of Gold bars seized is 2.37Kg. The total weight of Gold ornaments seized is 5.63Kg. The entire value of seized consignments is Rs 6,62,46,387. Further investigations are being conducted.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Multi-pronged strategy by way of implementation of various schemes for educational and economic empowerment of the under privileged sections of the notified minority communities
The Government implements various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every section of the society, including minorities, which also includes Muslims, through various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Rural Development etc.
In addition, Ministry of Minority Affairs  has adopted a multi-pronged strategy by way of implementation of various schemes for educational and economic empowerment of the under privileged sections of the notified minority communities. The welfare schemes implemented by MoMA are targeted towards the poorest of the poor.
All persons belonging to Economically Weaker Sections  category, including from minority communities, can avail the benefit of 10% reservation in employment and admission in educational institutions. This information was given by the Minister of Minority Affairs Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Steel
Release of the 1st edition of NMDC’s Vigilance Magazine – Subodh
To reinforce the NMDC's commitment to fostering honesty and transparency among all stakeholders, NMDC vigilance department, released the first edition of its in-house vigilance magazine “Subodh” on Wednesday at the Head Office in Hyderabad.
Shri Sumit Deb CMD, NMDC, released the magazine in the presence of Director  Shri Amitava Mukherjee, Director  Shri Dilip Kumar Mohanty; CVO, Shri. B Vishwanath and Head of Departments.
Speaking on this occasion, Shri Sumit Deb, CMD, NMDC said that he whole heartedly believes that an organization must create a climate where preventive measures override punitive ones and this magazine is a welcome step in this direction. The CMD encouraged employees and their family members to provide articles to be published in the Magazine. The magazine will be released every quarter.
Shri. B Vishwanath, Chief Vigilance Officer, NMDC stated that through this magazine, NMDC Vigilance strive to stress on the importance of the monitoring system and the prevalence of the noteworthy practices in the organization. He further reiterated commitment to encourage the preventive and participative vigilance in the organization.
Ministry of Railways
Kolkata Metro Rail’s General Manager reviews the progress of different on-going Metro Projects
Kolkata, 24th August, 2021
Kolkata Metro Railway’s General Manager Shri Manoj Joshi reviewed the progress of different on-going Metro projects at a high level meeting held on Monday 23rd August. During this meeting, he instructed all concerned officials to complete all works within the deadline. Shri Joshi also took stock of planning for supply of Metro Rolling Stock and unit exchange spares from ICF. The General Manager has also advised to plan for giving 2nd dose vaccination to those staff and beneficiaries who are becoming due and instructed to plan vaccination camps at various field units of Metro Railway accordingly.
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INCOME TAX – Department organises TDS- Webinar
Commissionerate of Income Tax , Chennai and Southern Railways jointly conducted a TDS – Webinar for the benefit of Tax Deductors of Southern Railways of Tamilnadu and Puducherry Region, today .
Shri M Senthil Kumar, IRPS, Deputy Chief Personnel Officer, Southern Railways has delivered inaugural address.
Shri K Sendhil Kumar, ITO and Shri L Rajaraman, ITO, presented a PPT and explained the various TDS sections of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Stress was made deduction of tax on certain expenses at the stipulated rates, remittances of the deducted amount into the central government account in time, filing of quarterly TDS Statements within the time allowed in the Income Tax Act,1961 and issue of certificates to the deductees.
Smt J Janaki Karthigeyan, TDS Consultant has delivered presentation on filing of quarterly statements.
More than 100 tax deductors of Southern Railways, Tamilnadu and Puducherry Region participated and got benefitted.
Shri A Sasi Kumar, Inspector of Income tax has delivered vote of thanks.
Ministry of Defence
DRDO successfully conducts Flight-Test of Indigenous Aerial Target ‘Abhyas’
DRDO successfully conducted the flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target  Abhyas today from Integrated
Test Range , Chandipur off the coast, Odisha. During the flight trial, High subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated. Two boosters provided initial acceleration during launch and a small turbo jet engine is used to sustain high subsonic speed with long endurance. The indigenous data link designed by Bengaluru based Industry partner has been successfully flown and tested during the flight.
The performance of the system during the entire flight duration has been confirmed from the data captured by various Range instruments deployed.
Aeronautical Development Establishment , bengaluru based DRDO laboratory along with other DRDO laboratories has developed this indigenous unmanned aerial target system to meet the requirement of aerial targets of Indian Armed Forces. The aircraft is controlled from a ground based controller and an indigenously developed MEMS based Inertial Navigation System along with the Flight Control Computer which helps it to follow the pre-designated path in a fully autonomous mode.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh said that the successful test is noteworthy testimony of synergy between scientists and industry.
Secretary DD R&D & chairman DRDO complimented scientists of the laboratory, their team members and associated industry partners for the successful development efforts.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘3.96% GS 2022’, and ‘5.85% GS 2030’ and ‘6.76% GS 2061’
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Government of India
Prime Minister's Office
English Translation of Remarks by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the Announcement of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
President Biden and President Kishida
All our leaders connected through Virtual medium
Excellencies,
It gives me pleasure to be associated with you all in this important event today. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is a declaration of our collective will to make the region an engine of global economic growth. I thank President Biden very much for this important initiative. The Indo-Pacific region is the center of manufacturing, economic activity, global trade and investment. History is witness to the fact that India has been a major center in the trade flows of the Indo-Pacific region for centuries. It is worth mentioning that the world's oldest commercial port was in Lothal in my home state of Gujarat, India. Therefore, it is essential that we find common and creative solutions for the economic challenges of the region.
Excellencies,
India will work with all of you to build an inclusive and flexible Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. I believe that there should be three main pillars of resilient supply chains: Trust, Transparency and Timeliness. I am confident that this framework will help strengthen these three pillars, and pave the way for development, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
Thank you very much.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Geographic Information Systems
The Ministry has developed web based Geographic Information Systems  applications like PARIVESH, e-Green Watch and Van Agni Geo-portal. PARIVESH portal  is a single-window integrated environmental management system for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and Coastal Regulation Zone clearances from Central Government. It is a GIS based system and analytics platform that provides information to various stakeholders using Decision Support System functionality.
Further, e-Green Watch portal of the Ministry is an advanced technology based platform designed to facilitate automation, streamlining and effective management of processes related to plantations and other forestry works taken up under CAMPA fund. Forest Survey of India carries out analysis of geo-spatial data  of various plantations uploaded by the State Forest Departments on e-Green Watch portal for accuracy of location, area and year of plantation.
Forest Survey of India has also developed Van Agni Geo-portal to provide user-friendly interactive viewing of the forest fire related data for continuous monitoring and tracking of large forest fires in near real-time basis. Van Agni Geo-portal serves as a single point source for the information related to forest fires in India.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
IRRIGATION IN TRIBAL AREAS
Assessment of adequacy of irrigation needs for the different parts of a State, as well as planning, funding, execution and maintaining irrigation projects to address the need for irrigation, is in the domain of the State Government concerned. Role of Government of India is limited to providing technical support and, in some cases, partial financial assistance for irrigation projects under the existing schemes being implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Measures have been taken to provide irrigation to tribal areas under the components of PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana  being implemented by this Ministry. Under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme  & Command Area Development and Water Management Programme , 21 out of 99 prioritized projects benefit the districts falling in tribal areas. Ultimate irrigation potential of these 21 projects is 10.73 lakh hectare, out of which irrigation potential of 6.99 lakh hectare has been created up to March, 2021. Similarly, under PMKSY- HarKhetKoPani, central assistance under Surface Minor Irrigation component is limited to hilly States and special areas, including tribal areas. Further, Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies component of PMKSY-HarKhetKoPani has been extended to tribal areas with funding pattern of 60% central assistance, as against 25% central assistance to general areas. There is also a preference for scheduled tribe farmers under Groundwater Development component of PMKSY being implemented by this Ministry.
For Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the operational guidelines envisage that 8.5% of the total allocation or in proportion of ST population in the district should be utilized for tribal sub-plan. Similarly for Watershed Development component of PMKSY being implemented by Department of Land Resources, 10% of allocation is to be spent on scheduled tribe component.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, ShriBishweswarTuduin a written reply in LokSabha today.
Ministry of Steel
NMDC’s Best Ever October month Performance
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.,  under Ministry of Steel continues to outperform itself with iron ore production of 3.33MT and sales of 3.58 MT in the month of October. The mining major registered a growth of 37% in production, the highest ever in any October month since inception and a rise of 42% in iron ore sales over the CPLY on the back of strong domestic demand.
Cumulative production and sale figures for the first seven months of the FY22, up to October2021, stood at 21.04 MT and 22.08 MT respectivelyrecording the best ever performance for any October month. The company achieved a 43% increase in production, which includes the 0.5 MT produced from Donimalai this October, and 43% in sales over the same period last year.

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Production
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2.43
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3.33
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37%
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14.66
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21.04
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43%
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Sales
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2.52
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3.58
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42%
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15.43
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22.08
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43%
Congratulating the NMDC team for yet another impressive performance, CMD NMDC
Shri Sumit Deb said, “As India’s largest iron ore producer, NMDC’s performance is an indication of the prevailingpositive market sentiment of the mining and manufacturing sector. We have more than one reason to celebrate the festive month of October. I’d like to congratulate the team on yet another excellent month and wish everyone on behalf of the NMDC family happy festivities.”
Ministry of Defence
TASK FORCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AI
To study the whole gamut of issues surrounding strategic implications of Artificial Intelligence  in national security perspective, the Ministry of Defence , Department of Defence Production  set up a multi-stakeholder Task Force in March 2018 under the Chairmanship of Sh. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons. The Task Force submitted its report in June 2018. Following were the major recommendations of the Task Force:
- Integrating and embedding AI strategy for Defence with Defence strategy.
- Establishment of a High level Defence AI Council and a Defence AI Project Agency .
- Development of Data Management Framework, Establishing Data Management Office and appointing Data Management Officer.
- Scaling the existing capability of Data Centers and establishing a centrally facilitated network of Test Beds.
- Creation of a framework to work with Industry and encouraging start-ups to develop AI capability for Defence and IP management.
- Organising AI training courses in all Defence training centers and institutes for training of Defence Personnel.
- Earmarking of AI budget from yearly Defence Budget with a corpus of Rs 1,000 crores to be provided each year for next 5 years to support AI activities.
Based on the recommendations of the aforesaid Task Force, Ministry of Defence through an Executive Order dated 08.02.2019 created Defence AI Council  under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri and Defence AI Project Agency  with Secretary  as ex officio head for providing necessary guidance to enable and effect development of operating framework, policy level changes and structural support for AI adoption.
Moreover, the Services have established organizational Institutional mechanism in the form of AI Sub Committee and Joint Working Group on AI in Tri-Services. As part of the Data Management Framework, Services have formulated data policy and appointed Data Management Officers. Each Service has also identified key AI domains for development of AI projects. Besides, the Services are also engaged in development of AI projects from the Start-ups through the Innovations for Defence Excellence  and Academia. Towards capacity building, officers at different levels from the Services have been nominated to different courses on AI, both in-house and at reputed academic institutes.
Further, an AI roadmap has also been finalised for each DPSU under which 61 defence specific AI projects have been identified for development. Out of these 61 projects, 26 projects have been completed by the DPSUs.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Sanjay Raut in Rajya Sabha on March 28, 2022.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of noted actor and former MP Shri Innocent Vareed Thekkethala
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of noted actor and former MP Shri Innocent Vareed Thekkethala.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
“Pained by the passing away of noted actor and former MP Shri Innocent Vareed Thekkethala. He will be remembered for enthralling audiences and filling people’s lives with humour. Condolences to his family and admirers. May his soul rest in peace: PM @narendramodi”
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Anti Dumping Duty On Chinese Products
The Central Government , on the basis of the recommendations of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies , Department of Commerce, has imposed anti-dumping duty for five years on five Chinese products recently namely certain flat rolled products of aluminium, sodium hydrosulphite, silicone sealant, hydrofluorocarbon  component R-32 and hydrofluorocarbon blends.
Apart from the above five products, the DGTR has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on other products originating in or exported from China PR in 2021-22. The details of these products are given below:
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Methyl Acetoacetate
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Phthalic Anhydride
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Aluminium foil 80 micron and below
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Seamless Tubes and Pipes
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Certain aceto-acetyl derivatives
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Axle for Trailers
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Untreated Fumed Silica
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Decor Paper
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Axle for Trailers
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Porcelain Vitrified Tiles
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Copper and Alloy FRP
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Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber 
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Rubber Chemical PX-13
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Polyester Spun Yarn
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Melamine
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Glass fibre
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Vitamin-C
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Cold Rolled Flat Product of alloy or Non-Alloy Steel
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Hot Rolled Flat Products of alloy or Non-alloy Steel
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Ceftriaxone Sodium Sterile
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Persulphates
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1,1,1, Tetrafluroethane or 134a of all types
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Colour coated / pre-painted flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel
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Wire Rod
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Elastomeric filament yarn
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Amoxycillin Trihydrate
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Plastic processing machinery
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PU Leather
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N, N′-Dicyclohexyl Carbodiimide 
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Ceramic Tableware and kitchenware
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
94 Financial Institutions onboarded on Account Aggregator  platform as Financial Information User 
26 Financial Institutions onboard as Financial Information Provider 
As on date, 94 Financial Institutions have onboarded themselves on Account Aggregator  platform as Financial Information User , out of which 73 are RBI regulated, 10 Securities and Exchange Board of India regulated, 9 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India regulated and 2 Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority regulated entities. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that 26 Financial Institutions are onboard as Financial Information Provider , out of which, 12 are Public Sector Banks, 10 are Private Sector Banks, 1 Small Finance Bank and 3 are Life Insurance Companies.
In addition to above, the Minister stated, RBI vide circular dated November 23, 2022 has included Goods and Service Tax Network  as a FIP under AA framework.
Further, the Minister stated that Reserve Bank of India  has informed that they have granted Certificate of Registration to six companies as Account Aggregator , as on date. The name of the companies are:
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- Finsec AA Solutions Private Limited,
- Cams Financial Information Services Private Limited,
- Cookiejar Technologies Private Limited,
- National E-Governance Services Limited  Asset Data Limited,
- Perfios Account Aggregation Services Private Limited and
- Yodlee Finsoft Private Limited.
Giving background information, the Minister stated that the RBI had issued the Master Direction viz Non-Banking Financial Company  – Account Aggregator  Directions, dated September 02, 2016  vide which the Account Aggregator  network was introduced as a financial data-sharing system that could facilitate investing and credit, giving consumers access and control over their financial records and expanding the potential pool of customers for financial sector entities and fintech companies. AA take data from one financial institution to another based on an individual's direction and consent. However, registering with an AA is fully voluntary for consumers.